One thing’s for sure about Late Night with Seth Meyers: it’s going to last longer than The Chevy Chase Show. Meyers had some awkward moments during his debut performance as the host of a late-night show, but his uneasiness can be excused for nerves, especially because one of his guests was the rootinest, tootinest sumbitch the White House has ever seen, Vice President Joe Biden. Far more natural was Meyers’ conversation with Amy Poehler. The former-SNL cast members joked about her prank war with George Clooney, Poehler announced that Broad City had been picked up for a second season, and Meyers shared a photo of them, from 2001, when Poehler “had no teeth.”

I assumed that headline was ironic and it was going to be something along the lines of that yearbook photo of hers that we saw on Conan a while back, but she looks very cute in that picture. As ever. Seth looks like a totally different person, though.

Ain’t no party like a Poehler party, ’cause a Poehler party is a showbiz party! Where Amy Poehler is in attendance!

Decent premier. Obviously Fallon’s Tonight Show started out more smoothly, but he’s essentially doing the same show he’s been doing for 5 years already. A lot of this is completely new to Seth, and everyone should remember how awkward the debuts of Conan’s Late Night, Kimmel’s show, Fallon’s late night, etc. were. Give Meyers at least 6 months before really ragging on the dude.

That said, it wasn’t even a bad start all that considered. Some bombed jokes and that Venn Diagram bit needs work (pictures would help instead of it being all text i think), but he’ll be good in interviews.

I was convinced up until the very second he appeared that “Joe Biden” would be Sudeikis’ impression of Joe Biden.

Talk show hosts tend to move their head around and look into the audience when delivering jokes. Seth kept his eyes focused on the camera the entire monologue. It was like he was standing while delivering his Weekend Update jokes. Also his desk and the chairs are way too small.

This was painful to watch. I liked Seth on Weekend Update, but this has some major growing pains starting out. I can’t say that I have much interest in continuing to watch unless I hear it gets better.

Which is why I said if I hear it gets better I will return to it. Why would you keep watching something that’s shit just hoping it gets better at some point who knows how far down the line? That’s idiotic, but I guess if you have the time to watch things you don’t enjoy… more power to you?

At least Fallon was doing some experimental shit from the get-go that was worth watching and sticking with, but there doesn’t seem to be anything like that here.